Sun Yang may lose 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games role if he fails to overturn eight-year doping violation ban
- The seven-time Asian Games gold medallist was the face of the Hangzhou Games and remains an ambassador even after his eight-year ban by CAS
- The three-time Olympic gold medallist says he will appeal CAS decision after he refused to provide a sample to testers in 2018
Chinese swimming superstar Sun Yang’s role as an ambassador for the 2022 Asian Games in his home city of Hangzhou is up in the air as he tries to overturn an eight-year ban for a doping violation.
The 28-year-old seven-time Asian Games gold medallist was the city’s golden boy when he appeared alongside fellow Hangzhou native and Alibaba founder Jack Ma at a rousing closing ceremony for the 2018 Jakarta Games – when Indonesia handed over the baton to the capital of Zhejiang province.
While Sun remains a Hangzhou Asian Games ambassador, his position after the appeal in a Swiss court – the dates of which has yet to be confirmed – is unclear.
“They are waiting for the appeal,” said a source who has knowledge of the issue but declined to be named because of the sensitive nature of the situation.
“As a swimming athlete, Sun Yang belongs to the swimming federation and Chinese Olympic Committee. He is [still an] ambassador for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
